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container

[kuhn-tay-ner] / kənˈteɪ nər /


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The central bank’s analysis indicated Canadian ports can’t accommodate some of the latest ultra-large container ships being deployed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Whatever you do, never put a sharps container or loose needles in your recycling bin.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

The space shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry because of a piece of foam that the astronaut estimates might have weighed about as much as a Styrofoam container.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

She packs as many as a dozen in a reusable container from Farmers Fridge, her airport vending machine go-to for a chia pudding fix.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

He sniffed at a container of milk and poured himself a glass.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

Paul Pagett showed me a cupboard stacked with yellow sharps containers that have all been recovered from the recycling stream since the start of the year.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

Hundreds of native plants thrive in containers smaller than the soil assembled atop the Lucas parking structure.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

The ports in September handled a record 1,055,086 containers, measured in 20-foot equivalent units, up 24% on the same month last year, according to ports data.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Cool promptly in shallow containers, label and refrigerate.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

Once the butter chicken containers are packed, Tariq sticks labels on them so we're sure we're sending the correct orders home with each customer.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan


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